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A suspicious package has shut down the 75/85 connector in Atlanta

Posted on 2/2/15 at 2:33 pm
Posted by beaver
The 755 Club
Member since Sep 2009
46861 posts
Posted on 2/2/15 at 2:33 pm
live stream of the bomb squad

rumor of a pipe bomb, the connector is completely shut down

This post was edited on 2/2/15 at 2:37 pm
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65953 posts
Posted on 2/2/15 at 2:35 pm to
Maybe it is the artificial noisemaker from the Georgia Dome.
Posted by NorthGwinnettTiger
Member since Jun 2006
51854 posts
Posted on 2/2/15 at 2:38 pm to
Hope it's a false alarm. That being said, gimme about 20 more minutes before you cut that traffic loose. I'll be hitting 85 at Spaghetti Junction shortly, and would appreciate the empty lanes.
Posted by TigerFanatic99
South Bend, Indiana
Member since Jan 2007
27731 posts
Posted on 2/2/15 at 2:40 pm to
I'll bet traffic is a nightmare in that city right now.
Posted by Pettifogger
Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
Member since Feb 2012
79381 posts
Posted on 2/2/15 at 2:40 pm to
Has any suspicious package ever turned out to be legit in this city?

I'm sure we'll blow up some Tech girl's hello kitty laptop bag and earn ourselves a 6 hour rush hour for the effort.
Posted by beaver
The 755 Club
Member since Sep 2009
46861 posts
Posted on 2/2/15 at 2:40 pm to
IDK if true but someone posted this on /r/atlanta

would be the most retarded reason to shut down a city ever

quote:

Update: a coworker said they saw a Coke can on the bridge with a note that said it's a long-exposure camera. Sounds like someone set up a camera to make an artsy photo of the city and someone else got worried about it and reported it.
I bet the note got blown away ... it's been so windy today.
Supposedly it's been there for at least a week.
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
51416 posts
Posted on 2/2/15 at 2:41 pm to
quote:

I'll bet traffic is a nightmare in that city right now.


That is probably an understatement.
Posted by Wally Sparks
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2013
29280 posts
Posted on 2/2/15 at 2:42 pm to
I'm at my office on North Avenue and traffic is gridlocked on the surface streets. Gonna be fun getting home.
Posted by tween the hedges
Member since Feb 2012
20254 posts
Posted on 2/2/15 at 2:44 pm to
quote:

Has any suspicious package ever turned out to be legit in this city?

I mean they did have the Olympic bombing. I'm sure they take stuff seriously
Posted by Wally Sparks
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2013
29280 posts
Posted on 2/2/15 at 2:45 pm to


Posted by NorthGwinnettTiger
Member since Jun 2006
51854 posts
Posted on 2/2/15 at 2:45 pm to
First it was Snowmageddon. Now it's False Alarmageddon.
Posted by VetteGuy
Member since Feb 2008
28387 posts
Posted on 2/2/15 at 2:46 pm to
New coach welcome committee?
Posted by beaver
The 755 Club
Member since Sep 2009
46861 posts
Posted on 2/2/15 at 2:47 pm to
I don't have my audio going but are they about to detonate that?
Posted by NorthshoreTiger76
Pelicans, Saints, & LSU Fan
Member since May 2009
80230 posts
Posted on 2/2/15 at 2:47 pm to
Blow it up!
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65953 posts
Posted on 2/2/15 at 2:50 pm to
Atlanta shut down?

Posted by Caplewood
Atlanta
Member since Jun 2010
39156 posts
Posted on 2/2/15 at 2:51 pm to
Just blew it up.
Posted by Crawdaddy
Slidell. The jewel of Louisiana
Member since Sep 2006
18410 posts
Posted on 2/2/15 at 2:52 pm to
Furguson Protestors
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
67220 posts
Posted on 2/2/15 at 2:53 pm to
How big is this "package"?

When cities do this for every "bomb threat", it often begs the question: If cities must shut down entire institutions and major thoroughfares, is that not possibly doing more damage economically than if such a "threat" was actually genuine and detonated? If this is a small pipe bomb, as I'm thinking, how could its detonation cause enough damage to warrant closing an arterial highway?
Posted by tween the hedges
Member since Feb 2012
20254 posts
Posted on 2/2/15 at 2:53 pm to
Lol at the Louisiana/New Orleans little brother syndrome
Posted by Clyde Tipton
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2007
38812 posts
Posted on 2/2/15 at 2:54 pm to
quote:

Just blew it up.


And missed the shot on camera.
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